MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF THE AZIMUTHAL-RADIAL DISTRIBUTION
OF TEMPERATURE IN A WELL IN THE PRESENCE OF HEAT SOURCES

R. A. Valiullin, T. R. Sharafutdinov,
and R. F. Sharafutdinov

UDC 532.622

The results of theoretical investigations of radial and 
azimuthal distributions of temperature in a well-rock system in 
the presence of heat sources are presented. The problem considered 
is connected with determination of the intervals of fluid motion outside 
the column by thermal methods. It is shown that in the case of long 
existence of the channel of fluid overflow outside the column, useful 
information can be obtained by creating a "contrast" temperature, 
for example, by heating the fluid inside the casing and subsequently 
measuring the azimuthal distribution of temperature in the process 
of its recovery on disconnection of a heater.

Bashkir State University, 32 Frunze Str., Ufa, 450074, Russia; 
email: gframil@rambler.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 5, pp. 80-82, September-October, 2006. 
Original article submitted April 15, 2005; revision submitted June 
2, 2005.